On 05/11/2009 11:25 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Downgrading Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3.0 > From: Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Development discussions related to Fedora > <fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 05/11/2009 09:37 AM > >> >> I agree; extension developers are in a similar situation to package >> maintainers here; they need to test their product against a moving >> upstream >> and re-release when working. The fact that they haven't done this yet >> is just >> a clue that it's not time to update Firefox/Thunderbird. > > > The only time you get extension developers to update[1] is when the > final Firefox update is released. Should Firefox releases wait on > extension developers? Think about that for a second. Really think about > that. If an extension you use is that important to you you should create > a bug on mozilla.org for a feature request and make it a blocker of the > next release. Good luck on that. > > This whole thread so far is sensationalist crap. > > Every day people bitch that Fedora is not bleeding enough. Now we have > people bitching about a Fedora release, not even at GA, being too > bleeding. Stop, read, and listen to yourselves before replying to this > thread again. This discussion happens constantly and it is tiresome. The > time wasted in these type of discussions is better spent elsewhere. Work > on getting your extension developer involved in Firefox updates. (*GASP*) > > [1] Sure, some extensions such as Adblock stay on top of Firefox > changes, but not all extensions do. > I never said that Mozilla releases should wait on extension releases. I said that Firefox and Thunderbird packages in a "stable" Fedora should be based on stable Mozilla releases, not pre-releases. I don't think there's anything wrong with having Firefox 3.5b4 and Thunderbird 3.0b2 in the updates-testing repository and rawhide, once the release is out, but it's really problematic for users if they're upgraded into an unsupported, unstable version of their most important tools. And as I said in a previous email: I can forgive Firefox 3.5b4 since it's due to go stable before Fedora 12, but there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that the same is true of Thunderbird. -- Stephen Gallagher RHCE 804006346421761 Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/
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